A magnetic stripe card is a type of credit or other card that allows the user to make electronic transactions or obtain entry to a particular space. The "stripe" contains embedded information that ...

[anfractuosus] has been reading magnetic stripe card… optically! While hackers routinely read and write stripe cards, this is the first time we’ve reported on optically imaging and decoding ...

Now, it's time to prepare a eulogy to a gadget that's been an even bigger part of the American landscape for a much longer time -- the magnetic stripe credit card. An ingenious technology in its ...

We’re now all used to near-limitless storage on flash and other semiconductor technologies, but there was a time when persistent storage was considerably less easy to achieve. A 1970s ...

A chip-and-signature card is a type of credit card that encodes its information in a magnetic stripe as well as a square microchip. The inclusion of the microchip enhances the security of the ...

Chip cards are less vulnerable to skimming than magnetic stripe cards, but they aren’t completely safe. Crooks can still ...

Smart Cards have emerged as a revolutionary advancement in the realm of payment solutions, offering a significant upgrade ...

While NFC skimming is a risk, tap cards tend to have better security features than the magnetic stripe of the card, and so it’s more of a hassle than just getting you at a gas station that way ...

As he slipped the key card into the reader on his hotel room door and tried the handle - to no avail - he realised what he had done. For years, Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University ...

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